A Brief History of Muammar Gaddafi

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  • From his extravagant robes, to his signature sunglasses, and his band of female bodyguards, Muammar Gaddafi was as eccentric as he was enigmatic. Embraced by South African President Nelson Mandela for his support for various black liberation movements both within and outside of Africa, but dubbed the ‘Mad Dog of the Middle East’ by American President Ronald Reagan for his defiantly anti-Western foreign policies, Gaddafi’s 42 year reign as Libya’s Leader would see him win the allegiance and adoration many African leaders while simultaneously becoming a universal figure of hate all around the Western world.
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    Written by: K.B. Taiwo & Wame Gabaake
    One of our key sources for this video was : Pondi, Jean-Emmanuel. Life and death of Muammar Al-Qadhafi: what lessons for Africa? Yaoundé: Éditions Afric'Eveil, 2013
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  • @NewAfrica
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    • @BarackObamnna
      @BarackObamnna 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Thanks a lot. Can you guys give your sources for this video?

    • @ilovesouthafricans6643
      @ilovesouthafricans6643 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thank you my Nigeria brother

    • @moatezgr4209
      @moatezgr4209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      This what Muammar bulit in 42 years
      330 thousand housing units instead of tents, barracks and camboats.
      * 24 thousand km paving roads inside and outside the cities
      * 800 medical hospitals in all cities, with all their equipment and stores.
      * Building 3000 thousands of schools and adding 30,000 new classrooms in basic and secondary education only.
      * Building 20 universities, 25 colleges, and 80 institutes between medium and high.
      * 50 major power plants, including gas and steam.
      * 600 clinics and medical complexes within the urban neighborhoods.
      * A high pressure network for electricity along a 2,000 square kilometer.
      Establishing an Islamic Da`wah Association, which has built nearly 5,000 mosques inside and outside Libya.
      * The artificial river water network over 4000 km
      * 40 airfields between civilian and military and more than 60 emergency runways throughout Libya.
      * 10 sea ports for export and import.
      * The cheapest country in the world in the price of necessities for living gasoline, water, electricity and bread due to subsidy.
      * 5 The most powerful army in the Arab world, 7 Africa and 53 globally until 2011.
      * Social security is a basic right for all citizens, unlike most countries in the world.
      * Social security is a basic right for all citizens, unlike most countries in the world.
      * Nationalization of the 6 largest American and British oil companies and transferring their ownership in full to the Libyan state.
      * The largest cement joint-stock company has 6 factories to produce in Libya and is considered the cheapest globally.
      * The largest iron and steel factory in North Africa in Misurata
      * The largest agricultural projects in the middle of the desert, from Gallo to Bed, south through Al-Wad, in Al-Jafra, to the Faruj Project in the far south.* The 6 largest public companies for self-sufficiency contain major factories and warehouses on the level of Libya from the General Dairy Company .. General Plastic Company .. General Company for Tractors .. General Mills Company .. General Company for Electronic Devices .. General Company for the Production of Juices and Soft Drinks and For male only:
      Al-Naseem Misurata Factory for the manufacture of ice cream and dairy products, located in the city of Misurata, and this company has the Libyan quality mark
      Al-Rayhan Company for Food Industries, headquartered in Benghazi, and this company holds the international quality mark ISO 9001
      Al-Taibat Food Industries Company is headquartered in Benghazi, and this company is awarded the international quality mark ISO 9001
      Al-Sunbulah company, based in Tripoli
      The farm company for food industries, based in Tripoli - Al Falah Road Happy Day Food Company - www.alyoumalsiad.com - located in Tripoli, specialized in trading basmati rice, medium grains and European dairy products.
      Al Waha Company for Foodstuff Industry - Founded in 1987 in the city of Benghazi
      * External investments amounting to 40 billion dollars are sufficient to guarantee a decent life for future generations, all of which are owned by the Libyan state.
      * The only country in the whole world, after America and Russia, has full sovereignty over its land, sea, and air, and for 40 years there has been no western base on its soil.
      * The largest country where North African workers resort without a visa, as they number 6 million workers.
      * The largest support provided to support the Arabs and the Egyptian army in 73 was 1 billion dollars, and three times more than Saudi Arabia, as it provided only 300 million dollars, although it outperformed Libya production 14 times.* The Libyan dinar is only 250 dirhams away from the dollar, to become parallel to the price of the largest currency in the world. And the salary was 200 dinars = 160 dollars, and at 6 dinars per dollar, now the salary reaches 960 Libyan dinars.
      .........
      And you can, with some rationality and away from demagoguery, to know the size of the country that was built from nothing and without loans from the World Bank and debts = zero, i.e. Libyan capabilities and dependence on national national income and a surplus of 400 billion dollars and 180 tons of gold reserves .. And finally 40 individual bread

    • @worldeconomicforumbarbie9323
      @worldeconomicforumbarbie9323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Think y'all need to get that gold back stolen by Hilary Clinton. Her brother was murdered. So, get Libyas gold back.

    • @versnagt1995
      @versnagt1995 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What's the name of the music

  • @wildworld6641
    @wildworld6641 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4816

    Humanity needs more historical reporting like this- you've managed to talk about such a divided topic in a very neutral manner. God Bless.

    • @NewAfrica
      @NewAfrica  3 ปีที่แล้ว +167

      Thank you for watching! 🙌🏾

    • @kristjanrom9429
      @kristjanrom9429 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      I agree i in an era of agenda behind pretty much anything we need people like him

    • @TheDapperSwindler
      @TheDapperSwindler 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@NewAfrica For real, this made me subscribe. Very good work!

    • @kakakskssksks4826
      @kakakskssksks4826 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He molested countless girls why didn't you mention that?

    • @jamadir
      @jamadir 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@NewAfrica Neutral reporting is the backbone of a healthy democracy. Sadly it's also relatively rare! Thank you so much for these high quality videos!

  • @itgoboombxtch
    @itgoboombxtch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +854

    I've lived in Libya for 17 years, and this is the first time I have seen someone explain Libya and Ghadaffi in an unbiased and educational way. Thank you for this.

    • @Blakelikesfood
      @Blakelikesfood 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Has it sprung back or a total wreck there?

    • @quatamajackson7984
      @quatamajackson7984 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Liberia

    • @walaloo1845
      @walaloo1845 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@Blakelikesfood the gdp dropped by 75%

    • @walaloo1845
      @walaloo1845 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Blakelikesfood and they are in a civil war

    • @Slavaisusukhrystu
      @Slavaisusukhrystu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@walaloo1845 It is much more peaceful now, particularly in East Libya or Tripoli

  • @Baello999
    @Baello999 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +306

    Many have already said it, but this is the best explanation of Gaddafi I have ever seen. Everyone else depicts him as a either a monster or a saint, but you did a great job of remaining unbaised. Amazing.

    • @Asgoga
      @Asgoga 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nah, he was an animal who stole wealth from Libyan he opened fire on peaceful protestors. He had to pay billions in damages for victim families of Libyan Government sponsored terrorist attack that destroyed mid air jetliner with hundreds of people. Only uneducated degenerates who are not even Libyans, would suppord Gaddafi

    • @internetstrangerstrangerofweb
      @internetstrangerstrangerofweb 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      BS. They totally avoid actually discussing his involvement with terrorism. Infact it’s totally whitewashed, and they tiptoe around it by saying these people were “designated as terror organizations by western governments”. WHAT?

    • @1Manda1
      @1Manda1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I would he was simply a human that was not fit to lead the country of Libya.

    • @miepmaster25
      @miepmaster25 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Casual historian made some good highlights as well, like how Gaddafi basically just decided to annex a sea at one point which was in violation of international law

    • @OmFii
      @OmFii 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      False. It will invariably exhibit bias unless it tells the complete narrative. This was not achieved as the creator is clearly lacking tonnes of information. The individual in question was a psychopathic monster. You would know what I am discussing if you and your family experienced his regime as a general civilian (not someone who was employed by the regime). That's not to say Libya is any better now.

  • @BudsCannaCorner
    @BudsCannaCorner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +456

    honestly this is such amazing journalism. No fake news, shows the good and the bad, Im studying to be a journalist and this is what I strive for. Amazing job man

    • @seenonyt2210
      @seenonyt2210 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Great goal and attitude.
      All the best in your studies and career!

    • @tuforu4
      @tuforu4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You not need to be JOURNALIST TO UNDERSTAND MUSLIMS ARE BAD MANAGERS ASK THEIR WOMEN..

    • @tomlxyz
      @tomlxyz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      "fake news" doesn't really apply here either way because it's not news. I think "unbiased" would be a more appropriate term

    • @timowagner1329
      @timowagner1329 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@tomlxyz ​ @tomlxyz the word "fake" is in general over- and missused in the modern media word. Not enough people see the nuances of commentary, satire, hate, talking around issues, lying about issues, censoring media, missing an unimportant fact etc.

    • @deborahnewman6598
      @deborahnewman6598 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you want to be a good journalist you must live and love one word...TRUTH...

  • @pomerakchild
    @pomerakchild 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2679

    You've given such a balanced argument to a westerner, not to mention a very relaxing voice; you've earned yourself a subscriber, sir.

    • @malicktchakpedeou9989
      @malicktchakpedeou9989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep!

    • @gg_rider
      @gg_rider 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Agreed. The West was blamed but not exclusively. Gaddafi aimed to be, I guess, a benevolent dictator in a region where principled oppositional discourse was probably in short supply.
      Maybe that's my Western chauvinism about how most violent conflict has been kept to the fringes, for the most part, and then managed either with some appeasement or some degree of state repression or both.
      I think even the infamous COINTELPRO didn't rise to the level of murdering 1200 prisoners. Even prison uprisings and takeovers don't lead to mass annihilation.
      I am partly coming from hope that people involved in our 2020 uprisings in America, can gain insight. There was initially some justification, and plenty of nonsense, that people guilty of crimes are innocent victims of racism, that racism is unique to America (it is relatively rare), but they get increasingly bizarre. Their actions have led to FAR MORE DEATHS already. This, over infrequent instances of somewhat serious to very serious police brutality.
      Those people supporting these uprisings have NO IDEA the likely culmination of what they are aiming to unleash. Should they achieve whatever revolutionary utopia they think they want, the bloodbaths that arise are typically in the many thousands or millions, with decades of violent repression and counter-violence .. especially towards the top insiders when different factions arise.

    • @ianaustin5541
      @ianaustin5541 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Same here. I`m from Switzerland and it was very informative and pleasant to watch. Because of how people talked about him here, I was under the impression he was bad. I`m glad that, thanks to you, I got the chance to learn about who he really was. SUBSCRIBED!

    • @carlvscutti
      @carlvscutti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yes I miss the balance. I’m pretty sure It’s been decided.... at least be a large portion of our media and governments that it’s better that we don’t hear both sides. Too dangerous.

    • @Entergalactic
      @Entergalactic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ian Austin so much for being brainwashed by bbc

  • @SteveL11
    @SteveL11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3345

    "Gaddafi's Libya was not indebted to any international financial institutions" - probably one of the biggest reasons that he needs to be eliminated.

    • @justinamusyoka4986
      @justinamusyoka4986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Just like TZ president John magufuli ....RIP.

    • @TCraig00
      @TCraig00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +292

      That and his currency backed by gold that he was planning

    • @gulreezmba3136
      @gulreezmba3136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      Yes, I think so. This would have probably caused the other developed countries.
      Also a vision to make “United States of Africa”.

    • @boromircutezatoru2835
      @boromircutezatoru2835 3 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      Romania also payed it’s debt in the 1980’s, I wonder why the government was overthrown, I guess we’ll never know

    • @furkandk2234
      @furkandk2234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@TCraig00 GADDAFI IS WORLD BEST HERO LIBYAAAAAAA

  • @ncuthukaziwebber1890
    @ncuthukaziwebber1890 ปีที่แล้ว +232

    I can't imagine how heart wrenching life must be like for the Libyan people . The depression that comes from being at the top of the world and then watching it all crumble down. Prayers out to the Libyan people. May God be with you and turn the situation around for the greater

    • @louditalian1962
      @louditalian1962 ปีที่แล้ว

      They wanted revolution to bring him down. They got it, so let them suffer

    • @MarkAmo-ku4le
      @MarkAmo-ku4le 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      That’s what your country do all the time and you people come out to say pray to God to watch over them have you people campaign against your government for doing evil oh gosh Africa must unite before we see you people take our prophets that wants this continent a better place we Africans will fight until our last breath

    • @ncuthukaziwebber1890
      @ncuthukaziwebber1890 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @MarkAmo-ku4le uhm I'm a black African woman.

    • @Oxymoric
      @Oxymoric 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@MarkAmo-ku4le but even if she was american, the people aren't responsible for their government's actions

    • @vyhozshu
      @vyhozshu 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@Oxymoric westerners say that to protect themselves from liability and having to challenge their systems, while never holding the same standard to russla or anyone else for the things tht they do (none of which are half as bad as what the U$A and its allies do every day)

  • @Richard_Fiddlers_Ltd
    @Richard_Fiddlers_Ltd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    Interesting stuff. Gaddafi is also famously the voice of Garfield in the Arabic release of the film Garfield (2004). So a man of many talents you could say.

    • @3p1Kf41L
      @3p1Kf41L ปีที่แล้ว +8

      wait really??

    • @keshi5541
      @keshi5541 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😆You have to be lying to me.

    • @samuelstermer6437
      @samuelstermer6437 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I need a source for this. I so want to believe you

    • @banjotiki3910
      @banjotiki3910 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      wait really 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @CockTaco
      @CockTaco 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      horse sh it.

  • @shanewilliams5771
    @shanewilliams5771 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2205

    I saw the VICE's video where a protesting Libyan said "I fought against Gadaffi, but if i knew this was the outcome I would've gladly fought FOR HIM!"

    • @knight1506
      @knight1506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +303

      Too bad he was killed by his own people, now they pay for their stupidity.

    • @samishaniyy
      @samishaniyy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +241

      Knight of Christianity , sure they are stupid but, don't forget the US and NATO activities in the region, it's more than "his people killed him"

    • @ambehak4744
      @ambehak4744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +244

      @@knight1506 his own people (Libyans) were just a minority of the rebels who ousted him. There were other rebels from various Arab nations involved too. There was also mercenaries from Latin America involved. All backed by the US and NATO

    • @knight1506
      @knight1506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      ​@@samishaniyy I think in the end it's their own fault. They had a good life, didn't appreciate that but they want more, it's never enough for Libyans. They chose to kill him with foreign assistance, not the other way around.

    • @samishaniyy
      @samishaniyy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@knight1506 actually it is the other way around

  • @RareEarthSeries
    @RareEarthSeries 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3629

    This is the content TH-cam needs.

  • @user-cn3dr5md8m
    @user-cn3dr5md8m 2 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    I saw Libyan students in Europe and around the world,and they were the highest payed students by their government,more than any other country.

    • @MarkAmo-ku4le
      @MarkAmo-ku4le 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And your leaders said hell no how can this man have so much then we must steal instead coming for trade now see how they do it they call him a dictator just for his own people to betray him

    • @Asgoga
      @Asgoga 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not they weren't, stop pushing propaganda. Gaddafi was an animal who executed student on live TV go type in TH-cam

  • @Reezy37
    @Reezy37 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2634

    He had his flaws but he was far more competent than the average African leader to put it mildly.

    • @jiminici3351
      @jiminici3351 3 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      Okay, so will you call his murder of thousands of innocent prisoners and burying them without alerting their families a "mistake"? My aunt's mother in law went every single day to deliver her husband food, for two entire years only to discover that her husband had been thrown into a ditch, long dead, along with thousands of other innocents, with torture marks, missing fingers and nails and feet. Gaddafis guards would take the food she brought and eat it. Him and his men raping young girls? There are testimonies. It's indisputable, he was a dirty man. How will you justify him lynching students in front of classmates for no reason other than they had a family member critique him? He exiled those who were talented, any one that had the potential to exceed him in fame... He made his daughter a throne of pure gold while I had teachers at school that hadn't been paid a penny in 9+ years. Before you left the country, you LITERALLY HAD TO SIGN A DOCUMENT THAT YOU WOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT HIM. I could go on. And on. And on.

    • @minimistmoehre6400
      @minimistmoehre6400 3 ปีที่แล้ว +294

      @@jiminici3351 I ain't saying that Gaddafi was a good man either, sure as hell not. Yet we also gotta see that no matter how much of a screwup he was, the situation of his country still wasn't as bad under him as it was after the west killing him.

    • @walid7084
      @walid7084 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      @@minimistmoehre6400 Agreed, the comment is sating he was a *competent* leader, and a more *competent* than other African leaders.

    • @anonymouscoward7559
      @anonymouscoward7559 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      @@jiminici3351 Would you have Libya stay as the poorest country in Africa? If everything you say is true how does he stand up to any other Muslim ruler?
      You sound like a leftist all solutions must be perfection or it's shit while you people offer no solutions at all.
      No one is saying he was a saint far from but to dismiss all the good things he did is childish and typical of the leftist's.

    • @T2G-DJT
      @T2G-DJT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Basing the whole economy off of one source doesn’t sound too competent, at least in long-term thought

  • @Spice8Rack
    @Spice8Rack 3 ปีที่แล้ว +493

    I was 15 when Gaffafi was killed and I remember the UK media painting him as a mad tyrant whose death should be unambiguously celebrated. This one video has taught me more than countless hours of news coverage ever could. Amazing channel

    • @rat_thrower5604
      @rat_thrower5604 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Gaddafi bombed a plane over Scotland and shot a police woman using diplomatic immunity. He was unequivocally a terrorist for the UK.

    • @alexanderchristopher6237
      @alexanderchristopher6237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      rat thrower But is a plane over Scotland or a police woman worth the lives of all the Libyans that got caught in a civil war after his death?
      Gaddafi was the only one able to make sure all of Libya didn’t go back to the Stone Age. Its a very unsustainable system, yes, but no one has given any better alternatives.

    • @rat_thrower5604
      @rat_thrower5604 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@alexanderchristopher6237 maybe it's not, but the UK media was right to paint him as a mad tyrant whose death should be celebrated

    • @JoshuaNorton
      @JoshuaNorton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@alexanderchristopher6237 Yes, it's absolutely worth it. They had the choice to get rid of him themselves but they chose to support his terrorism, so no pity for those fuckers. It's good they are dead. This is justice. They carry out attacks on us, they die. Don't pretend that they are innocent and Gaddafi is solely responisble of the bombings. He commanded it, BUT HIS PEOPLE carried it out. Death on in his people and every Western traitor that supports his terrorist legacy.

    • @yp556
      @yp556 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @JoshuaNorton what about the justice of the countless millions of lives lost because of the British empire, it’s widely known of Churchill letting millions of bengals starve to death, no one is perfect, nor is any country, every country has links to terrorist attacks and have blood on there hands, but to be content with the death of thousand of innocent people is in no way justified.

  • @barnabykent6698
    @barnabykent6698 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    As a viewer from the UK, it's extremely refreshing to see a balanced presentation of facts presented by an African channel. I'd love to see more high-quality videos like this. Subscribed.

    • @MarkAmo-ku4le
      @MarkAmo-ku4le 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You think you are smart

  • @GenGre
    @GenGre 2 ปีที่แล้ว +636

    This is depressing. I was only taught he was an evil dictator on school. Only after I found out that Nelson Mandela had kind words about him I thought I should find out a bit more about him. This video explained a lot of things to me. I will get myself some (hopefully unbiased) information on him now. Thank you!

    • @osahene1607
      @osahene1607 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Yeah.. Those guys have always been against any individual trying to make Africa great! From Kwame Nkrumah to Gadahfi

    • @stephanyschneider5144
      @stephanyschneider5144 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@osahene1607
      How about idi Amin?

    • @slaviclad9705
      @slaviclad9705 ปีที่แล้ว

      He is still an evil dictator, he had an all female personal guard who were his sex slaves

    • @mike.n.n.7723
      @mike.n.n.7723 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@osahene1607 Kwame Nkrumah's plan for a united Africa was extremely unrealistic, same with Gaddafi
      There was just no way all 54 countries, all with their own tribal and regional differences could unite under one leader like they had envisioned. That was just unfeasible for a continent of 30 million km², over 1 billion people, over 500 languages, tribes and cultures, different climates and economic situations and a huge desert splitting the North and the South.
      A common market maybe, but not an African superstate with one leader at the head like what Nkrumah and Gaddafi had envisioned

    • @BedRokksFinest
      @BedRokksFinest ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@mike.n.n.7723 no the problem is. It’s vry much possible as long as outside forces mind their business. A unified Africa was a loss for nobody IN Africa. Only outside of it. And it wud have been an incentive for other blakk ppl to take watevr they have bakk to with them. Kreating more political power outside Africa. That in itself is dangerous in a Eurocentric world

  • @ivermashashank
    @ivermashashank 3 ปีที่แล้ว +445

    One man's terrorist, another man's freedom fighter summed up the presentation. Again a very well balanced presentation on the channel. The best thing I like about your work is you guys don't end up "passing a judgement" unlike most popular media.
    History is complex, history is chaotic. 🤘

    • @Stormcloakvictory
      @Stormcloakvictory 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Exactly, just a neutral perspective based on facts covering good and bad without trying influence any political sides.
      Sadly a rare thing in modern day media.

    • @rad2310
      @rad2310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Great way to sum it up-history is chaotic. Gadaffi did a lot of bad things, but also a lot of good things. Humans want to put a label on everyone but it's not all black and white.

    • @tubester4567
      @tubester4567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Even his own people didnt have freedom. He only cared about himself.

    • @11lulama
      @11lulama 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@tubester4567 yeah and now his people don't even have food

    • @MinesAGuinness
      @MinesAGuinness 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh, don't take it too far. I've never killed another human being in cold blood, and I will go out of my way to avoid supporting anything that will facilitate that. I would need to be faced with preventing the deliberate death of another to make me kill, and short of that I'm not into killing to solve problems. There's nothing wrong with calling out the less sanguine actions of 'freedom fighters'. Forgetting to mention those events in favour of more pleasant ones and justifying it with trite statements such as 'life isn't all black or white' isn't taking a measured historical perspective: it's someone actually taking a position that they are willing to overlook certain crimes if they like the outcome. You do you, but be honest about it.

  • @RashmiPrabhu
    @RashmiPrabhu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +448

    I really like the neutral tone of this documentary - this is true journalism - keep it up

    • @NewAfrica
      @NewAfrica  3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Thank you Rashmi!

    • @heatseeker456
      @heatseeker456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Agreed

    • @aminaghali9887
      @aminaghali9887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lying is the truth of the day

    • @JP-br4mx
      @JP-br4mx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Neutral tone? It’s a lot of people suffering in Libya….

  • @NDeGeorge1
    @NDeGeorge1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Amazing channel. I love how detailed yet impartial you are about so many topics. You’ve got a great skill story telling and narrating

  • @ek4380
    @ek4380 3 ปีที่แล้ว +536

    I have a lot of respect for Gadaffi. He really wanted to improve the lives of Irish people who where being treated as second class citizens in a supposed “equal” democracy. Those who where involved in his cowardly death will be judged accordingly
    Edit: There is a very famous mural dedicated to him in Ireland

    • @strikemasterice2004
      @strikemasterice2004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      I can't have respect fot Gadaffi knowing that he openly sponored terrorist atracks on Isreali athletes.
      I know its hard to judge him in black and white terms, but given his track record of sponoring rebel groups of neighbouring nations, i think he was only doing to weaken the UK.
      Now granted, many western nations are also responsible similar crimes, but with Ghadafi bring the sole dictator, he can be entirely responsible.
      I don't know man, i don't mean to jump down your throat, but its hard to find him admirable given that he had so much power over his local government and still resorted to voilent oppression. In Iraq, I know that Suddam Hussien had to keep a alot of competing ethnic groups and religions in check (though he was still detestable), but given this was less of an issue in Libiya and Ghadafi's insane local popularity after he cemented his power, he should not have had to resort to the voilence and oppresion to such an extent.
      And yeah its weird, i feel admiration towards his economic policy, his ablility to not be indebted to foreign influences and his vision of a more cooperative Africa that he legimately worked towards in an African way. But I think he had delusions of grandeur, and began putting his vision infront of human lifes.
      But what do I know, i just a rando on youtube.

    • @pebystroll
      @pebystroll 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@strikemasterice2004 I think your comment is well put but I don't really agree with your view on his helping the irish, as much of mobster as he became I do truly believe he was anti imperial and wanted freedom for the irish

    • @strikemasterice2004
      @strikemasterice2004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@pebystroll Yeah fair enough. Humans can be complicated and nuanced. Its one of the reasons why i love learning history. I don't know about his relationship with the Irish, I should probably look into it get a better understanding before judging.

    • @pebystroll
      @pebystroll 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@strikemasterice2004 he supplied the IRA with explosives and guns and I presume money but I'm not sure, I believe this mostly took place during the 1980s at the height of the troubles

    • @pebystroll
      @pebystroll 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@strikemasterice2004 your love of history and its nuances are very clear from you first comment, I think it is very well written

  • @user-cl7yr
    @user-cl7yr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1490

    one thing i can say about him is, his united Muslim nations is temporary, but his drip is forever

    • @Holuunderbeere
      @Holuunderbeere 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      Drip is for eternity

    • @Sovietube
      @Sovietube 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      he do be drippin' tho'

    • @Yahya-kc5vk
      @Yahya-kc5vk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Man can be destroyed, but never his drip...never his drip. Amen.

    • @grayman6584
      @grayman6584 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lmao

    • @f9658
      @f9658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Undying drip 💧, but ngl he copied Stalin

  • @Sbonelo_
    @Sbonelo_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +532

    Really love New Africa... African history told by an African!!. Thats what we want broo... 🇿🇼🇿🇦🇿🇲🇬🇭🇩🇿🇪🇬🇰🇪🇱🇸🇳🇬🇳🇦🇸🇳🇺🇬🇸🇿

    • @tn2113
      @tn2113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Can it still happen

    • @winterglue274
      @winterglue274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@tn2113 I hope so

  • @flyingspinners1
    @flyingspinners1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    The moment he mentioned “nationalization of oil” I knew instantly what happened to Gaddafi

  • @corinacerbu8266
    @corinacerbu8266 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a channel that educates...everyone who is willing to listen. Your work is important because it brings us together.

  • @FinanceOptimum
    @FinanceOptimum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1159

    *Gaddafi: 'Hey, let's bypass the Petrodollar and use gold dinar'*
    *Clinton: "We came, we saw...he died!"*

    • @salokin3087
      @salokin3087 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Basing ones currency on gold is peak economic illiteracy

    • @salokin3087
      @salokin3087 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @Peter A. "far more successful"? Lol what? A basic macro economics unit or textbook will outline why. Gold doesn't have much use, its only valuable because we say it is. Currencies issued by countries has value based on the Government policies and goods and services produced by the country. Some countries use fixed systems to overvalue or undervalue their goods and services whilst others have a flexible system to meet demand and supply

    • @VictoryDay-qe7vm
      @VictoryDay-qe7vm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      @@salokin3087 Gold, as far as we know, is the most radiation resistant thing in the universe. That's why we use the gold plated disc in Voyager trips, because the scientists believed that the gold disc survived 22,500 years in outer space before landed on a presumeably living solar system.

    • @salokin3087
      @salokin3087 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@VictoryDay-qe7vm I guess this is true, but that doesn't make gold actually worth much as a commodity, unless people are building space ships

    • @VictoryDay-qe7vm
      @VictoryDay-qe7vm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @@salokin3087 Hmmm...nice statement...but in the near future, if we somehow build thing in spaces, i'd think gold bricks and gold foil would be one of the building materials, yet it is very rare here on earth...and petrodollar itself is based on oil right? If solar powered cars become widespread in the future, oil would lose its value. That's why this anti global climate movement exists, to just simply defend the usage of oil so that the petrodollar is still worth it.

  • @E_O_S_
    @E_O_S_ ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Gaddafi was a legend ..respect from Ireland 🇮🇪

    • @-libyatrucks
      @-libyatrucks ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Gaddafi gave a lot to the Irish people

    • @E_O_S_
      @E_O_S_ ปีที่แล้ว

      One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter .......Libya is destroyed today cos of terrorist number one Hillary Killary ,and Europe is being destroyed by d fallout from Libyas capitulation thru mass migration crime n drugs

    • @riddhirahman
      @riddhirahman ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@Chiptux "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter"

  • @felizkodie5328
    @felizkodie5328 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3631

    in the US we only heard horrible things about him.

    • @adupako1057
      @adupako1057 3 ปีที่แล้ว +679

      That is what they did to all Africa leaders who seized them from stealing Africa wealth and killed him so that everyone will begin to hate him

    • @timothymoore6341
      @timothymoore6341 3 ปีที่แล้ว +451

      He was not the villain that America and Europe painted him out to be.

    • @alansmilealot
      @alansmilealot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +401

      It's a tactic used by the U.S. to give the go to go over and destabilize another nation, it been performed across the world by the United states.

    • @marcusf6846
      @marcusf6846 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      Feliź Kodie brainwashing is USA tactics to the general population. Hence ,while I’m here in NYC I watch,read and was brought up on news from my country and others outside of USA!

    • @adupako1057
      @adupako1057 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      They use Obama to cover up and kill Gaddafi. They will influence your people and use them against you. Obama has always regretted for the death of Gaddafi. He was in power. He should have lifted that banned and go in terms with him to use his power to build Africa but sit on the seat and supported his killing. If not America who else will do this diabolical life

  • @m.d.9277
    @m.d.9277 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    thank you for making this video, as someone who is broadly ignorant about things outside my specific area your channel has been a godsend for learning about African history

  • @sharifbalajo6133
    @sharifbalajo6133 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This channel has become part of my TOP 10 !! ❤❤💖

  • @flaco171ac
    @flaco171ac 3 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    As an American, we get very little news or history about Africa, I find all of your content very informative and easy to follow. Keep up the great work.

    • @game_boyd1644
      @game_boyd1644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Mickeymickstein But all the Western media reports about Africa is negative news. Why should they? What is their buisness with Africa?

    • @studyinchina4139
      @studyinchina4139 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@game_boyd1644 for real, that's the prob

    • @Kellonsbillion
      @Kellonsbillion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Europe and America hardly report good news about Africa unless it favour then

    • @SAG3__
      @SAG3__ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Again the US is a totalitarian government at least to other governments. If you disagree with them they’ll use their military and propaganda to strike you down. If America is such a great country on its own then why is it always invading other countries?

    • @R.A.M222
      @R.A.M222 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@game_boyd1644 no the news Harley talks about you tbh. The only time y’all are relevant is when some crazy guy is killing children or the rape / aids / disease that happen .

  • @vvkth2500
    @vvkth2500 3 ปีที่แล้ว +717

    My dad's a Yugoslav aircraft engineer. He travelled to Libya by business, and he really remembers Libya fondly - back then Yugoslavia was the biggest partner to many developing countries, especially Libya, Egypt, Iraq, and China. Our engineers practically built their infrastructure. He always said how different Libya was than other Arab countries he visited - clean streets, peace and calm, and people living pretty well. I wasn't aware of everything in relation to Gaddafi, but this video gave me such a great insight into his entire body of work! No leader is without mistakes, and no leader is without blood on his hands. The Americans know this very well, but they can still afford good photoshop, press and suits. Love and peace to all Africans, and prayers for Libya to become a country again.
    Thank you for this great video, subscribing!

    • @user-ix3xh4lk8f
      @user-ix3xh4lk8f ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Bulgaria was side by side with Libya too

    • @vvkth2500
      @vvkth2500 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@user-ix3xh4lk8f Cool, but do you mean the years before the fall of Berlin wall, or afterwards?

    • @user-ix3xh4lk8f
      @user-ix3xh4lk8f ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vvkth2500 Пре тога за време Живкова

    • @Mudmuffin
      @Mudmuffin ปีที่แล้ว +17

      In cairo we have a street called Josef Tito he was a legend to us. Infrastructure is definitely failing but my grandpa did appreciate the Yugoslav and soviet weapons during the 1973 Arab Israeli war

    • @northernking2604
      @northernking2604 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's why they went after yugoslavia too!!! They want us all to be slaves

  • @Marcus-ec1kx
    @Marcus-ec1kx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You did an amazing job. you gave such an unbiased, unemotional report. It was exactly what i needed and was looming for. Thank you. God bless.

  • @Lillie839
    @Lillie839 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In this life if you don’t listen you will feel.
    The Libyan people did their leader Gadafi dirty and now you are weeping what you sowed.
    That man has been the best thing to happen to Libya and Africa.
    And now look the west have gotten exactly what they wanted.
    Even with his imperfections and his mistakes I’ll always choose Gaddafi over the vast majority of African leaders.
    May God bless his soul and grant his highest blessing.
    Long live Gaddafi ✊🏽

  • @Muramasa1794
    @Muramasa1794 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2139

    GADDAFI’S LAST FORMAL SPEECH
    “ In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful…
    For 40 years, or was it longer, I can’t remember, I did all I could to give
    people houses, hospitals, schools, and when they were hungry, I gave
    them food. I even made Benghazi into farmland from the desert.
    I stood up to attacks from that cowboy Ronald Reagan, when he killed
    my adopted orphaned daughter, he was trying to kill me, instead he
    killed that poor innocent child. Then I helped my brothers and sisters
    from Africa with money for the African Union.
    I DID ALL I COULD TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT
    OF REAL DEMOCRACY, WHERE PEOPLE'S COMMITTEES RAN OUR
    COUNTRY. But that was never enough, as some told me, even people
    who had 10 room homes, new suits and furniture, were never satisfied,
    as selfish as they were, they wanted more.
    THEY TOLD AMERICANS AND OTHER VISITORS THAT THEY
    NEEDED ‘DEMOCRACY’ AND ‘FREEDOM’, NEVER REALIZING IT
    WAS A CUT THROAT SYSTEM, WHERE BIGGEST DOG EATS THE
    REST. But they were enchanted with those words, never realizing that in
    America there was no free medicine, no free hospitals, no free housing,
    no free education, and no free food, except for when people had to
    beg or go to long lines to get soup.
    No, no matter what I did, it was never enough for some, but for others,
    they knew I was the son of Gamal Abdel Nasser, the only true Arab and
    Muslim leader we’ve had since Salah-al-Deen, when he claimed the Suez
    Canal for his people, as I claimed Libya, for my people, it was his footsteps
    I tried to follow - to keep my people free from colonial domination - from
    thieves who would steal from us.
    Now, I am under attack by the biggest force in military history, my little
    African son, Obama wants to kill me, to take away the freedom of our
    country, to take away our free housing, our free medicine, our free
    education, our free food, and replace it with American style thievery,
    called "capitalism".
    But all of us in the Third World know what that means, it means corporations
    run the countries, run the world, and the people suffer. So, there is no
    alternative for me, I must make my stand, and if Allah wishes, I shall die by
    following His path, the path that has made our country rich with farmland,
    with food and health, and even allowed us to help our African and Arab
    brothers and sisters.
    I do not wish to die, but if it comes to that, to save this land, my people, all
    the thousands who are all my children, then so be it. Let this testament be
    my voice to the world, that I stood up to crusader attacks of NATO, stood up
    to cruelty, stoop up to betrayal, stood up to the West and its colonialist
    ambitions, and that I stood with my African brothers, my true Arab and
    Muslim brothers, as a beacon of light.
    When others were building castles, I lived in a modest house, and in a tent.
    I never forgot my youth in Sirte, I did not spend our national treasury foolishly ,
    and like Salah-al-Deen, our great Muslim leader, who rescued Jerusalem
    for Islam, I took little for myself…
    In the West, some have called me "mad", "crazy", but they know the truth,
    yet continue to lie. They know that our land is independent and free, not in
    the colonial grip, that my vision, my path is, and has been clear and for my
    people and that I will fight to my last breath to keep us free, may Allah
    almighty help us to remain faithful and free".
    My brothers and sisters let's start loving more of each other and stop killing
    each other cause Europe America and other western world will never
    want to see sunshine for Africans..”

  • @petermanji8116
    @petermanji8116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +765

    Someone once said, "Not all democracies are good, and not all dictatorships are bad." It is sad to see a once great country like Libya in ruins. He had his flaws, but I believe that they were better off with him. I am genuinely interested on learning more about Haile Selassie, another controversial leader, a video on him would be good.

    • @stojankovacic1524
      @stojankovacic1524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      There have been a couple 'dictators' who were in the end good for the country. Like Gaddafi and our very own Josip Broz Tito. It's easy for westerners to say 'democracy good, brings prosperity' when they live in prosperous countries. For others, democracy is a commodity, living standards are a necessity. And it's a fact that authoritarian regimes have better potential for economic growth. I would support a dictator who could give us a better life.

    • @alhusin2010
      @alhusin2010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      you can't blame them for striving for a better life. I don't think any of them thought that this will be the result.

    • @shido8597
      @shido8597 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Its the same with saddam hussein

    • @puschelhornchen9484
      @puschelhornchen9484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      After Gaddafis demise it is a shame that Lybias ruling class can't get their shit together to share power and wealth. They would still make enough money 🧐

    • @bon7029
      @bon7029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@puschelhornchen9484 That's what happens when selfish, arrogant aristocrat wannabes all try to seize power and wealth.

  • @user-wp2gi1lm9s
    @user-wp2gi1lm9s 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is the content TH-cam needs.. Thanks for a balanced and detailed history of this man's life..

  • @jesupcolt
    @jesupcolt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    If even Obama admits he made a mistake, that's really saying something.

    • @realniggashit3
      @realniggashit3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Obama is trying to protect his legacy. He knows he's hated in Africa ever since he and Hillary killed Gaddafi. Even his old allies in Chicago hate him. Louis Farrakhan hates him. Jeremiah Wright hates him. His brother Malik Obama hates him so much that he supported Trump. Farrakhan also implied support for Trump in 2016 and only broke with Trump after the Soleimani assassination.

    • @MuthaOnPursuit
      @MuthaOnPursuit 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Elaborate please.

    • @MuthaOnPursuit
      @MuthaOnPursuit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What did Obama do wrong ? I am not informed… how is he relevant to this?

    • @jesupcolt
      @jesupcolt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@MuthaOnPursuit, Obama said Libya was the worst mistake of his presidency. His mishandling of it got a lot of Americans killed. Obama is a very arrogant man who isn't prone to admitting his mistakes, so my point was that if even *he* admitted he made a mistake here, you know it was one doozy of a blunder.

    • @tiramisu7544
      @tiramisu7544 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Obama was charming but brutal.

  • @Tanmanhologram
    @Tanmanhologram 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    The lack of bias is a breatbe of fresh air

  • @hugoleonardoamaral586
    @hugoleonardoamaral586 3 ปีที่แล้ว +720

    As a Westerner I only read and heard about Ghaddafi's atrocities, like he was some kind of cartoon villain. This video shed some light on the whole perspective of his regime and policies
    I still believe he was a crazy dictator, but it was nice to see where he came from and what he was trying to accomplish. Great video as always

    • @erickrasniewski567
      @erickrasniewski567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @Koolkid what about obama

    • @anonymousalias.5059
      @anonymousalias.5059 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @Koolkid > 4 years
      > dictator
      yeah keep coping

    • @TheNukaColaQuantum
      @TheNukaColaQuantum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @@erickrasniewski567 A dictator that peacefully transferred power after a winning 2 democratic elections? Kind of a lame dictator if you ask me.

    • @tyvamakes5226
      @tyvamakes5226 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Koolkid Wouldn't be a dictator if he can't make economic laws in the Congress with a majority

    • @yohaneschristianp
      @yohaneschristianp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Koolkid He wishes to be but not gonna be

  • @kursna
    @kursna 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I really love seeing an African man run a successful channel about African history. This is a channel I can get behind

  • @tacrewgirl
    @tacrewgirl ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was very well done. All news should be like this. Thanks!

  • @theindianstatesman2350
    @theindianstatesman2350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +953

    I'm from India and I feel overwhelmed by the kind of insightful and unbiased content you guys are disseminating to the audience. I would like to congratulate you this channel for doing commendable work..

    • @StreetDrilla
      @StreetDrilla 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      i've seen indian news/channels. Its become very hindutva dominated.

    • @rationaloutlook5772
      @rationaloutlook5772 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@StreetDrilla Yeah it's a circus here.

    • @ranjeetsohanpal752
      @ranjeetsohanpal752 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@StreetDrilla we have to watch independent journalists to get the real news.

    • @Dont_Tread_on_Me448
      @Dont_Tread_on_Me448 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@StreetDrilla anything's better than liberal dominated MSM

    • @SaiAbitathaDUCIC
      @SaiAbitathaDUCIC ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@StreetDrilla not to forget librandu oriented left channels like NDTV

  • @briandooley1516
    @briandooley1516 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    As an Irish person I was very surprised to see Gaddafi was linked to the IRA. I've been looking to learn more about African history and honestly this channel is so comprehensive and informative. It's hard to expect people to be objective but you even get that right!! One of the best history channels on TH-cam.

    • @moneyobsessed
      @moneyobsessed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Did you know that Dublin has a 🌙 in its flag? It a tribute for the donation of the ottoman sultan for the great Irish famine where the queen of England donated a measly sum and only him had the "courage" to offend her by donating more

    • @ems4884
      @ems4884 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The IRA ... Revolutionaries of increasingly questionable judgement the further you trace their history from the Easter Rebellion to the Good Friday Agreement.
      That link to Gaddafi for international arms dealing combined with a number of their bombings with civilian victims really made it difficult for people who supported the civil rights and Republican cause back in the 1960s to continue supporting them. Especially after Lockerbie.
      For people like Thatcher, such actions made it so much easier to treat them as unredeemable criminals.
      There were other options - other strategies - that they could have chosen, if they had been a little less amoral when it came to violent tactics.

  • @nasirtriplea
    @nasirtriplea หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amazing mann. Keep it up.
    Such a brief story. Appreciate the work 🙌🏽

  • @dambaton
    @dambaton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Man you have got a fan for life from me. This is very very good work!

  • @MAXIMUSS2072
    @MAXIMUSS2072 3 ปีที่แล้ว +266

    Where has this channel been all my life. South African here and you have just shown me how little I know about my continent. Wish I could subscribe twice!

    • @NewAfrica
      @NewAfrica  3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thank you!

    • @starquates1232
      @starquates1232 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      This is truly awesome content. I'm a 43 year old black American woman who never knew about any of this. And I totally agree with wishing I could subscribe twice. Definitely making my kids watch this!

    • @sibusisomko1814
      @sibusisomko1814 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      🇿🇦 South African in America 🇺🇸 our historical moments thank you

    • @chartreusecircle1546
      @chartreusecircle1546 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The fake country of South Africa.... now with extra “cultural enrichment” for the white farmers there lol

    • @samsmith4242
      @samsmith4242 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@chartreusecircle1546 What? By that logic most modern countries are fake. Stability aside as well, whites can’t be blamed for all modern problems at this point. Mandela didn’t condemn the afrikaners after the end of the apartheid regime and the Zimbabwean economy collapsed after attempting to take land of the whites there. People living now shouldn’t really be blamed for their grandparents crimes. Otherwise, you’d be surprised the number of people who’d need to apologise to themselves

  • @tradedate
    @tradedate 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1227

    Nobody:
    Gaddafi: let's have a United States of Africa
    Clinton: Sheeeiiittt

    • @Bsfnelz20
      @Bsfnelz20 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Is that why they killed him cuz he wanted to make Africa a better country

    • @3freeet948
      @3freeet948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +229

      @@Bsfnelz20 Africa isn't a country, it's a continent. Gaddafi wanted to implement an African currency entirely backed by Africa's enormous reserves of natural resources, namely gold, diamonds, uranium, platinum and oil to name but a few. And of course by doing this Africa wouldn't be dependent or tied down by the US dollar and when Obama and Hilary Clinton found out what he was planning to do, they set their sights on him by turning his own people against him. It's really sad, for one the entire African continent would be of 1st world standard by now if Gaddafi's wish came to fruition and secondly many African countries would be global powers, both militarily and in economies comparable to that of the West and they weren't about to let that happen.

    • @MsAliensex
      @MsAliensex 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@3freeet948Every word is true.

    • @salokin3087
      @salokin3087 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@3freeet948 This isn't at all how currencies are backed or how basic monetary policies work

    • @senabecool7232
      @senabecool7232 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      stupid Westerners, they don't want a Superpower other than themselves

  • @kevingarlick4617
    @kevingarlick4617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video thank you for this even handed overview. I'm looking forward to getting more into your channel and learning more about Africa

  • @THENAGES
    @THENAGES 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    70 years of history in 20 minutes... Thanks for the great work

  • @Toix
    @Toix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +380

    Let’s be get real here, whenever a leader wants to untie a country and get rid of foreign interference, it’s the West and Russia, ect, all the superpowers we know will try to take that leader down, and break the country to pieces again, yes Gaddafi was a bit cocky at times but besides that he did want to unite.

    • @amsolicurio
      @amsolicurio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      They were afraid and they killed him just because of power

    • @Daniel-kq4bx
      @Daniel-kq4bx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Supporting Terrorist, shooting Protesters is more than a bit cocky

    • @LowellMorgan
      @LowellMorgan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It's good to know the Western world is such an effective scapegoat that there's no liability for the negatives but plenty of praise for the things Gaddafi supposedly wanted to do. I guess it's an example of how we judge others by their actions and we judge ourselves by our intentions. But don't think for a second people like Gaddafi care for you personally. At best you could be useful to them. No one should like their leaders that much.

    • @kanpekiken2481
      @kanpekiken2481 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They killed Saddam for that too

    • @CC-dd6fm
      @CC-dd6fm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      A bit cocky at times: murders thousands of his own people.

  • @IsrarulHaque24x7
    @IsrarulHaque24x7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Gaddafi was the perfect Harvey Dent "Either you die as a hero, or live long enough to become a villlain."

  • @alla.e
    @alla.e 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was a great, unbiased and very informative breakdown. Thank you!

  • @heraldojacques8386
    @heraldojacques8386 3 ปีที่แล้ว +356

    Gaddafi was a very imperfect leader with blood on his hands because he was a dictator but the way NATO (U.S and France) intervened and completely destroyed the country is completely inexcusable.
    They should be ashamed of themselves.
    Lybia under Gaddafhi had some of the highest living standards of Africa and was a constant reproach and example not only to neighboring countries but also western countries.
    Such a shame.

    • @etornamtsyawo6407
      @etornamtsyawo6407 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      shame does nothing to them. in fact, they rather achieved their aim. they couldn't accept that something better could come from Africa.

    • @BrownDusky
      @BrownDusky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@etornamtsyawo6407 wasnt the country already crumbling to pieces. It was fighting a civil war.

    • @heraldojacques8386
      @heraldojacques8386 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@etornamtsyawo6407 Justice will come in due time. I truly believe that.

    • @My_Take
      @My_Take 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      French interests were paramount in the overthrowal of Gaddafi. I explain how the West lied in order to overthrow Gaddafi and how the current Libyan Civil War unfolded in my latest video.

    • @brauliowagner4607
      @brauliowagner4607 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@BrownDusky I guess, but the point is that western powers were the ones who sponsored Gaddafi opponents. Just think if the new currency would truly take down us dollar.

  • @shayZero
    @shayZero 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    As a westerner this was incredibly informative. Thank you

    • @NewAfrica
      @NewAfrica  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you for watching

    • @oge2833
      @oge2833 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      YOu westerners are slowly killing africa

  • @adamcheklat7387
    @adamcheklat7387 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    5:15: Looks like a poster for an epic 80s action movie.

  • @JustAnInnocentLamb
    @JustAnInnocentLamb ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the best documentary ever. Thank you.

  • @lbrtjrr
    @lbrtjrr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    Visited Tripoli back in 1998...
    Safest, fairest, cleanest, happiest city in Africa!

    • @nightblueblue8563
      @nightblueblue8563 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Now that city is sand and scary

    • @Sovietube
      @Sovietube 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@nightblueblue8563 rip chadaffi

    • @toyjoao1363
      @toyjoao1363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, but now libia (Trípoli) is very dirty and poor

    • @edsnotgod
      @edsnotgod 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's a lie, Gaddafi was white and stole all the good stuff from black Africans

    • @Sovietube
      @Sovietube 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@edsnotgod 1) gadaffi is arab not white
      2) did you even watch the video?

  • @Bigboy-nx3nc
    @Bigboy-nx3nc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +286

    He was a REAL leader now Africa has a bunch of sellouts, We remember him all over Africa.

    • @AntiFakeJewsRev2-9-0Zach9-6
      @AntiFakeJewsRev2-9-0Zach9-6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ahman

    • @jiminici3351
      @jiminici3351 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Please stop this. He murdered and mutilated and tortured thousands. This is so painful.

    • @Ivan_p24
      @Ivan_p24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      jiminici let people think want they want to think, what you are doing is not ok,.

    • @hichamidrees5043
      @hichamidrees5043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      All crying now for one second of his time . I am writing now there is black out in All Libya power failure for more than 15 hrs and electricity issue still prevailing for 10 years now during his Time I never see this. I think this example enough .

    • @jean-luceyesofyoureyes5502
      @jean-luceyesofyoureyes5502 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Paul Kigame and Julius Malema seem to have their ducks in a row

  • @Krisliet
    @Krisliet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Greetings from Brazil
    Thank you for this amazing work.

  • @BloomVy
    @BloomVy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The Gaddafi I was taught 👏🏾👏🏾, despite the flaws was the man that wanted good for Africa

  • @dreadpiraterobertsii4420
    @dreadpiraterobertsii4420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    Barrack Obama had him killed them spoke at the AU about how good Africa can be and how he’s a proud Kenyan descendant

    • @Tetemovies4
      @Tetemovies4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sarkozy with the help of his friend Obama killed him.
      Gaddafi was a major contributor to Sarkozy's illegally funded presidential campaign he's currently being judged for, Sarkozy conveniently got rid of the most important witness.

    • @thadramallama
      @thadramallama 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      As a Kenyan, he's a SHAME to us

    • @realniggashit3
      @realniggashit3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Tetemovies4 Plus Gaddafi also publicly said Obama received illegal campaign funding from Qatar in 2008

    • @safariking6428
      @safariking6428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thadramallama As a Kenyans as well he is more than a shame a TRAITOR

  • @tama7026
    @tama7026 3 ปีที่แล้ว +386

    This man was a visionary he even predicted today's Europe migratory crisis.

    • @realniggashit3
      @realniggashit3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He predicted covid-19

    • @realniggashit3
      @realniggashit3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      ​@Will DeMarco Yeah it was part of his 2009 UN speech. He was silenced because he knew too much. In an odd twist of fate, one of the leaders of the 2011 rebels Mahmoud Jibril died of covid in April.

    • @aw2584
      @aw2584 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Uhh... predict? He received millions upon millions of dollars and euros from all over Europe to stop migrants from crossing his borders to get to EU.
      He literally threatend and terrorised EU with refugees, demanding 5 billion euro annually to be deposited into his pockets, otherwise "Europe will turn black", implying he will just open his borders to anyone who wants to cross the waters to enter EU. People from all over Africa always tried to move to Europe, he just weaponized it (gee, wonder why they didn't like him)

    • @Shadow77999
      @Shadow77999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Exactly. His death was the worst thing that couldve happened to Europe

    • @aw2584
      @aw2584 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@glimmerxp there's a difference between an agreement or a contract and a blackmail. Gaddafi though he was holding all the aces in his sleeve and had to smear it all over their faces while in reality he lived in a glass castle and once European leaders got tired of him constantly throwing stones, they threw one back and he ended up dead and humiliated alongside his countrymen. To think people consider him a great leader is bizzare; I agree he managed to stabilize a very unstable region which was huge, but besides that he was basically Hugo Chavez of Africa, spending oil and gas money frivolously instead of investing into his own country so it wouldn't be dependent on oil in the future.
      As of Europe, check the actual stats. At first Gaddafi's death caused a turmoil, if I remember correctly 2015 or 2016 was the worst. Since then they learned how to handle it and the amount of illegals in Europe dropped drastically, from like 2 mil each year to like 200.000. Come to find out Gaddafi wasn't as important as he claimed to be.

  • @habibaparacha5708
    @habibaparacha5708 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I studied history and politics as an undergraduate in the UK. I did a module on Libya. And yet, this 20-minute video did more than my whole research could! Thank you - please keep them coming.

    • @3rdcarnet927
      @3rdcarnet927 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Obama knew exactly what he was doing… also. American knew what they were doing when they made Obama president.

  • @alib4968
    @alib4968 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Libyan here! This is very good and high quality video. Please keep up the amazing work. 👍🏽

  • @samuelkibunda6960
    @samuelkibunda6960 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    The first time I came on this app there was a lack of content on Africa and African history I wanna thank you for talking about Africa. Also it's be really dope if you made an episode about Liberia

    • @NewAfrica
      @NewAfrica  3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thanks for watching! 🙏🏾We’ll certainly look into it.

    • @alphajalloh8113
      @alphajalloh8113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mainly The wars of the 90s and early 00s

  • @AALLAN-hc8ck
    @AALLAN-hc8ck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +475

    He was no angel but he meant good for Africa

    • @okoyeuchechukwu4429
      @okoyeuchechukwu4429 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      He made too for his fellow Arab not all Africans

    • @My_Take
      @My_Take 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      French interests were paramount in the overthrowal of Gaddafi. I explain how the West lied in order to overthrow Gaddafi and how the current Libyan Civil War unfolded in my latest video.

    • @gabyzico669
      @gabyzico669 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Maybe for the berbers but definitely not for Subsaharan Africans.

    • @Lapdol
      @Lapdol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He supported the killing of Thomas Sankara.

    • @cgonthebeat3741
      @cgonthebeat3741 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That was all show

  • @princekyran4911
    @princekyran4911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Love this video dude. As an American, it just blows my mind whenever I can hear someone make an unbiased report on Gaddafi, that never happens here.

  • @mugiwarano_rishi4595
    @mugiwarano_rishi4595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You got a new subscriber my friend. Unbiased facts not influenced by the western media! Good job

  • @randomv3iwer
    @randomv3iwer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +327

    As a Libyan who worked with high level government officials during Ghaddafi's regime, and a close friend of many who decided to rise against him, I would like to say this video report is the most accurate and the closest to the Libyan reality.
    Libya was safe, prosperous and good place for business. The rule was simple. Don't put your nose in Ghaddafi's affairs and you can live how you want to live.
    But Libya was good for a foreign expat because the money was good while locals made peanuts in comparison. There was a strong resentment among many Libyans towards Ghaddafi's foreign investments in African Union and other international projects. Especially when other Oil rich Arab nations like UAE where investing in their people, Libyans grow resentful and apathetic towards their home.
    Instead of correcting the mistakes of Ghaddafi, they should their true nature which is their desire to rule and amass wealth by any means even if it meant destroying their homes.

    • @naeemmujeeb4581
      @naeemmujeeb4581 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Gaddafi improved many schools and hospitals whilst improving the quality of life for Libya? Surely this is investing in his own home

    • @randomv3iwer
      @randomv3iwer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@naeemmujeeb4581 Let me clarify that for you. A foreign investor in pre-2011 Libya meant one thing. An international company selling services to Libyan government bodies without any emphasis on protecting local labor or demanding a certain percentage of labor force in these companies to be manned by Libyans. People had to scrape around the table by offering whatever they can offer to officials and rich expats. Infrastructure was OK but far behind less rich countries Like Tunisia and Morocco. It was safe but it there was no love or care or since of patriotism among majority of Libyans. we felt we are some housemaids working for a feudal lord.

    • @pralhadgh
      @pralhadgh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fake narration to please Muslims 👌👌👌👌

    • @randomv3iwer
      @randomv3iwer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@pralhadgh What is your point?

    • @randomv3iwer
      @randomv3iwer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @thomas jefferson Not an actual house but received a lawn that was enough to build a small house and people rarely repaid it. His help for Africa was not to help her poor people out of kindness, but was an ambitious geopolitical move to kick french and British influence out of the continent.

  • @alhassanbarrie5457
    @alhassanbarrie5457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    This is what we need an African story told by African ❤💯

    • @natashakhumalo487
      @natashakhumalo487 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yep. Western news had me thinking that he was all bad.

    • @rayh6118
      @rayh6118 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@natashakhumalo487 people only care about lies

  • @faithybyfaith
    @faithybyfaith 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm glad I found this channel to get a better understanding of what happened without bias in the documentary. I don't know much world history outside of New snippets here and there from the US.

  • @RepampGhana
    @RepampGhana 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for sharing this with us

  • @LewisOfAranda
    @LewisOfAranda 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    I just love the fact that you brought the good parts & also the bad parts.
    This is definitely the first video I have ever seen that has brought us both sides of Ghadaffi.
    I thank you for being unbiased!

  • @AdrianDeer
    @AdrianDeer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Back in 2011 i was shocked by him being dead. I lived in switzerland back then and everyone there was kind of happy.
    It is hard for me that people who never had a war, laugh at a nations misery and death one one particular man that in their oppinion "deserved" it. Even at thses costs..

    • @testplay9628
      @testplay9628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Where are they now when Libya is in the shits. ... you know it's a proxy war in Libya , there is no nation that isn't involved in Libya now ... everyone is fighting for the Libyan cake ...

    • @AdrianDeer
      @AdrianDeer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Yadu Govind I was disgusted to see Hillary Clinton state "we came, we saw, he died!" Followed by laughter. I was really hoping that this interventionism would stop with Trump. It might have a big comeback with Biden.

    • @yazovgaming
      @yazovgaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Even Nightmare Moon sees the Cruelty

  • @chidieberendukwu
    @chidieberendukwu 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You have earned a subscriber. Unbiased and lovely commentary.

  • @igorsena2222
    @igorsena2222 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Greets from brazil, here we have a deep conection with africa, your content is amazing!

  • @onagabs1247
    @onagabs1247 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    I'm South African and I've just realized how much of african history I dont know! Wikipedia is really not helpful! lol.... and I know so much western and eastern history! Aiii

    • @Komnenos83
      @Komnenos83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Knowing western history isa good thing, its the most documented so its natural you know the most about it

    • @brothaman1571
      @brothaman1571 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Roman Empire never died, their pedo ways are still around

  • @stproducciones9140
    @stproducciones9140 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    i've heard Gaddafi sold missiles to Argentina during the Falklands war, so it's not a shock that he found himself on Thatcher's naughty list.

    • @bradleywoods3742
      @bradleywoods3742 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @Pulido Duarte No they are not, the people voted and 99% wanted remain British. Not to mention Argentina wasn't even a country when the British settled on the Falklands.

    • @snapdowndarsee4959
      @snapdowndarsee4959 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He also sold weapons to terrorist in Ireland who nearly killed Thatcher

    • @ronmka8931
      @ronmka8931 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@snapdowndarsee4959 nice i wish it worked

    • @manusa6
      @manusa6 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He also funded the IRA

    • @ronmka8931
      @ronmka8931 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@manusa6 very based

  • @mohamedfofanah7491
    @mohamedfofanah7491 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Although this documentary may have been around for some time, it's my first time watching it, and I must say, it's truly remarkable. God bless its creators for such an outstanding piece of work.

  • @bd7628
    @bd7628 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very informative video. Thank you. Studying this right now.

  • @torenico
    @torenico 3 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    "Of all Africa's many charismatic post-colonial leaders" and I don't see Thomas Sankara...

    • @judegrifka4003
      @judegrifka4003 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      torenico i saw ian smith from rhodesia

    • @Ivan_p24
      @Ivan_p24 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Murica Mapping what country?

    • @jg5966
      @jg5966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      he gay, that's why

    • @u.d.7543
      @u.d.7543 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@jg5966 you mistake him with your father. Thomas Sankara is true leader. To me he stands above all other leaders.

    • @ihateconspiracytheories5270
      @ihateconspiracytheories5270 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jg5966 stfu

  • @davidarbogast37
    @davidarbogast37 3 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    It's no wonder that Gaddafi was deposed, he literally had enemies on both sides.

    • @TheoEvian
      @TheoEvian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yeah, losing all allies and support of your own people and then not backing down when you can is a surefire way for a dictator to die since the begining of history.

    • @TheCaptainZodo
      @TheCaptainZodo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@TheoEvian Yeah, his countless abuses of power, terror tactics and constant shady meddling internationally finally caught up to him

    • @TheoEvian
      @TheoEvian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TheCaptainZodo It does more often than one would think.

    • @amirreyani9024
      @amirreyani9024 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@TheCaptainZodo what are you talking about? He single handedly created the strongest country in the world within 30 years... no shady business, no dodgy manouvres. Its quite simple. People hate you when you're winning🤷‍♂️

    • @TheCaptainZodo
      @TheCaptainZodo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@amirreyani9024 No shady business? LMAO

  • @judahbupe7607
    @judahbupe7607 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love how everything has been reported plainly without being bias. Thanks for the info

  • @belizetourism1218
    @belizetourism1218 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Brings tears to my eyes when I think of what could have been vs how it went

  • @edwardhayward1937
    @edwardhayward1937 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Thank you for posting this! It’s great to bring a focus to the Islamic, Arab side of Africa which has not been covered extensively in other videos

    • @NewAfrica
      @NewAfrica  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for your support! 🙌🏾

  • @tamerduman9186
    @tamerduman9186 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    This video was extremely well put together, with great illustrations and animations, awesome job on patching together the various different perspectives!

    • @NewAfrica
      @NewAfrica  3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thank you for watching 👍🏿

  • @krisjohnson-proctor355
    @krisjohnson-proctor355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    This is really fascinating, thanks.
    I read his book in my teens and remember wishing that more people would read it and stop demonising Gaddafi for purely political reasons.

    • @ems7623
      @ems7623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      His book is one thing. What he actually did as an authoritarian was a betrayal of many of the noble ambitions he described in the Green Book.
      I can't believe you think criticisms of someone who abused his own people with an aggressive police state is "demonization." How naive.
      Lets find our socialist heros in places where they weren't actual violators of human rights and war criminals, please. You're not helping.

    • @realniggashit3
      @realniggashit3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ems7623 Allah Muammar Libya wa bas 💚 ✊

    • @AllLakers
      @AllLakers 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ems7623 did you know he had his people in Lybia live for free. He moved literacy from 10% to 88% and he even forced people in homes and apartments to raise chickens so every week they have a meal every single day. Libya ever since he died was very destabilized to this day. He wasn’t perfect, there’s no debating that, but only the Egyptian president nasr did more for his people than gadaffi he was a great man with flaws as will. The killings I complete denounce for obvious reasons

    • @herobrine2709
      @herobrine2709 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol as a libyan we dont just demonise him for political reasons but also the fact that he was a tyrannical murderous rapist but go off ig

    • @stephanyschneider5144
      @stephanyschneider5144 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@AllLakers
      Oh wow, Stalin also did that with Soviet Union, however it will never excuse millions of people that he killed.

  • @moulayderissy5445
    @moulayderissy5445 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the best channels on TH-cam god bless 🙌🏽

  • @bossninaly2184
    @bossninaly2184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    As a libyan i grew up in brother Muaammer Gaddafi time yes its true we have lots of public congres that anybody can have a membership even if you don know how to write or read, and our brother Muaammer Gaddafi was visiting those congreses from time to time, the last time he visit was in 2010 before the desaster of 2011, okay we were not livin in a luxuary life but we have everything, each familly at least have one car, food is so cheap, petrol is so cheap, cloths, electricity is free, education is free, health care is free, medicine is free, everything was supported, after ten years of what us and their dogs like france and the traitores inside, i still dont understand the ppl who support that desaster of 2011 i am still shocked, i am commen person, i live with my familly, i still dont know why ppl did that!! Every common libyan loves brother Muaammer Gaddafi. May ALLAH have mercy upon him, we conseder him a mertyr, Amin
    I enjoyed the video, regards from Benghazi, Libya ✌ peace & love 🤍❤

  • @nedafatemahaider3370
    @nedafatemahaider3370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +594

    Heartbreaking.... you die a hero or live long enough to become a villain

    • @belkYT
      @belkYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      And, he died a hero.

    • @mike04574
      @mike04574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@belkYT villain

    • @isetta4083
      @isetta4083 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Mugabe is another prime example

    • @rumchata6569
      @rumchata6569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Live long enough to be MADE a villain

    • @Brams2777
      @Brams2777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@rumchata6569 I don't think anyone made him rape women and oppress the population of Libya.

  • @pmccars6626
    @pmccars6626 ปีที่แล้ว

    A fascinating and thoughtful watch, thank you,

  • @manuelnovella39
    @manuelnovella39 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing documentary! Please, keep it up!

  • @alejoalfonso1459
    @alejoalfonso1459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    Gaddafi's last words before being captured: "What did I do to you!?"

    • @yassineszn17
      @yassineszn17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      'If the west destroyed my country THEY will see a sea of africans immigrants in their coasts'
      Gaddafi

    • @dreadhead5719
      @dreadhead5719 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@yassineszn17 And that happened.

    • @chrishansen2100
      @chrishansen2100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I remember it being, "do you know right from wrong?"

    • @Salman-sc8gr
      @Salman-sc8gr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      He gave the bastards free health, education and there was no homeless. That's what he did to them.

    • @AK-hi7mg
      @AK-hi7mg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@Salman-sc8gr the guy who kept ghaddafis golden gun and probably shot him as well is still fighting on the front there in lybia .I recently read an online article Wich was dated spring 2020 ,and the guy is pretty fucked up from fighting as a are his comrades , no winners in that story .everyone is suffering now .thanks Obama ,but keep calling Trump a racist you imbeciles

  • @Gihad97
    @Gihad97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    May Allah bless you for your work. This was very informative and I learned a lot. All of this is very accurate, neutral, and interesting. The maps and visuals were very helpful. The narrator is great. I verified a lot of the information from Al Jazeera, BBC, and Al Araby articles among others and all the information is accurate. Thank you very much.

  • @rustomparvi2638
    @rustomparvi2638 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This one was hero.....I worked in Libya for 6 years,I knew now wht is the situation.When Gadaffi was there it was one of the finest country in the world,now it's terrible.....Honestly praying for Libya to become stable and people can live without fear and poverity.

  • @user-ve9sv8nm7q
    @user-ve9sv8nm7q 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Excellent. Very informative

  • @beenderedonedat
    @beenderedonedat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Being a kid of the 80s I grew up with the american narrative on him. He needs a revision. Great channel, subscribed

    • @DJURBANBG
      @DJURBANBG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes , they made him look bad .. thats what they do to anybody who has the courage to oppose them

  • @shoebsyed6001
    @shoebsyed6001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Let's make African great again i love africa🙏❤

    • @beastgaming4695
      @beastgaming4695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      America don't like that way they are bad

    • @fuseydunae397
      @fuseydunae397 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      europeans and americans will not let africa to be great again. (from a non african)

    • @Broxty
      @Broxty 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      When was Africa great? North America sends more money to African countries than the countries make...

    • @YOU-ot9ep
      @YOU-ot9ep 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Broxty richest person in the world African, one of the greatest civilization Egypt etc

  • @tpxchallenger
    @tpxchallenger 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video, very well researched, balanced, and presented. Subscribed.

  • @surajabdulrahman
    @surajabdulrahman ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Have been in Libya for almost 4 years now and even the Libyans who are in support of killing Gaddafi are in tears and full of regrets I wish he succeeded in this pan African union The western world didn't want African development God is our strength African unite